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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in a McDonald’s Commercial

Wow, it appears that John Goodman did an awful lot of commercials during the 1980s before he was famous. Here he is in a 1985 ad among a group of football players who secretly get McDonald’s delivered to them in … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in a California First National Bank Commercial

In this 1981 commercial for California First National Bank, they really drive home the message that they are willing to hand out loans. After all, if a young John Goodman walked into your bank carrying a bunch of large stuffed … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in a Campbell’s Chunky Soup Commercial

Before he was famous, John Goodman did a plethora of commercials in the early 1980s and I’ve already posted a lot of them here at The Back Row. Here’s another one I found from 1981 where a much more slender … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in A&W Root Beer Commercials

John Goodman acted in a shitload of commercials before he became famous. In the mid-eighties, he became a bit of a spokesman for A&W and appeared in quite a few of their ads as a guy who gets mocked for … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in a Foot Locker Commercial

Sometimes when doing a “Before They Were Stars” feature, I discover that certain celebrities did a LOT of commercials before they made it big and it becomes difficult to choose the best one to spotlight. John Goodman did a great … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: John Goodman in “C.H.U.D.”

John Goodman started out by appearing in a lot of television commercials in the early eighties, but one of his earliest movie roles was in a cult horror film with one of the greatest titles of all time: C.H.U.D.. In … Continue reading

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – December 4

When it came time to pick today’s Celebrity Birthday of the Day, there was no contest: it had to be the Dude! If you follow TBR with any regularity, you know that we’re all huge fans of The Big Lebowski … Continue reading

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